New jobseekers must not use their “poverty level” to negotiate salaries

• New jobseekers must not use their “poverty level” to negotiate salaries
• Know your worth and do not demand a salary that you do not deserve.

It is becoming difficult to get a decent job in recent times, and the teeming number of unemployed graduates means more competition for the few jobs that get published. Just as only a few graduates who apply for jobs get invited for job interviews, many of the few invited never land the job for several reasons.

Unfortunately, many new graduates go into interviews looking for salaries that are bigger than their pocket, their experience, their skills, and all that they bring to the table.

In the end, they do not even get the job. If you are asked a question like “What is your worth as far as this job is concerned”? Or How much would you expect to be paid for this job?

As a new graduate seeking a job, be very careful you are not carried away by the financial challenges that confront you and quote an unreasonable salary or amount.

This has the potential of you being ignored by the would-be employers.

Employers are seeking new graduates and job applicants that have the desire to work, the ability to do the work, and the readiness to contribute to the company growth and development.

If you go for an interview thinking only about the salary, the next month’s pay cheque, and how you will become financially independent within the next three or six months, it will reflect in the kind of salary expectations you give the employer.

Employers do not employ you to pay you for the certificates you hold, instead, they employ you because of your expected level of usefulness to the company.

Employers are able to tell whether a candidate is worth his or her salary expectations because, they interview several applicants over time, and know the job description and the skills or experience needed to fill the role. They also know what they want in a candidate.

Hence, when you go for an interview as a new graduate or even as an applicant seeking to change your job, do well to measure and manage your salary expectations. Do not go mentioning what persons in the same position but with five to ten years of relevant experience are paid. If you do this, you will lose that job opportunity.

For employers, it is important that you know the value you want to place on your would-be employees ahead of the interview and just in case they quote salaries that are too low compared to what you intend to pay, once you take a decision to hire them, start them on the correct salary. This will serve as a motivation for them to “kill” themselves to work for the company.

New jobseekers must not use their “poverty level” to negotiate salaries: Take these pieces of advice

a. Do not go into a job interview expecting to be paid like Dangote. You have to start from somewhere…

b. Know your worth and do not overrate yourself and end up mentioning a salary expectation that will put off the would-be employer.

c. Employers must not enslave their employees in the name of profit, they will either leave or pretend to be working or mess up your business.

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d. Ghanaian youth use their needs levels to quote salaries at Job interviews and not what they bring to the table…. if you do this, no one will employ you…

e. The value you carry to the job must determine what you believe you are worth…
f. Do not use your needs levels to quote salary expectations at job interviews and instead use what you bring to the table…

Get it right, do it well, say it well, think it well…jobseekers must not use their “poverty level” to negotiate salaries.

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Source: Ghana Edcuation News